Monday, July 13, 2009
WCOM Play List for July 12, 2009
I'll be hosting the Taproot Radio show live tonight on WCOM from 9-11pm. You can listen in at 103.5FM or via the webcast. Here's the playlist for tonight's show. So tune in and listen to an under slept and over caffeinated Calvin stumble through his talk sets!
Hour 1
Bottle And A Dime / Cow Fish Fowl Or Pig / The Gourds / 3:14
California's Burning / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Dave Alvin / 5:06
Four-Eyed Girl / The Instigator / Rhett Miller / 2:28
Shotgun / Plastic Seat Sweat / Southern Culture On The Skids / 3:19
One Wing / Wilco [the album] / Wilco / 3:41
Country Honk / Let It Bleed / The Rolling Stones / 3:11
The Night Life / Country Club / John Doe & The Sadies / 3:47
Shake Shake Mama / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 3:37
Don't Leave Me Girl / Bullet/Sur-Speed Soul:Music City Blues & Soul 1960's / Shy Guy Douglas / 3:38
What Is This / What Have You Done, My Brother? / Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens / 3:13
There Goes My Baby / Hands Up! / Two Dollar Pistols / 2:52
Patience / Late Gettin' Started / Leaving, TX / 3:26
Life is Hard & Love's Unfair / Already Gone / Kieran Ridge Band / 4:17
Piece Of My Heart / Do Your Duty / Bettye LaVette / 2:19
I Got You (Radio Edit) / Honey Slides / The Bluerunners / 4:58
Hour 2
Grindstone / 89/93: An Anthology / Uncle Tupelo / 3:18
Stray Dog / True Story / Stovall / 3:15
Lonely Days / Starving Winter Report / Deadstring Brothers / 4:04
Heads Up Heels Down / Bar Band Americanus / Charlie Pickett / 3:35
Snake Farm / Snake Farm / Ray Wylie Hubbard / 3:54
Pendergast Machine / Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South / Ha Ha Tonka / 2:40
Murdering Oscar / Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) / Patterson Hood / 4:28
Rapture / Down At The End Of The Bar / Leo Rondeau / 4:26
Since You Been Gone / Speakeasy / Bucktown Kickback / 5:59
Take Me Back / Tellico / Dehlia Low / 3:39
Down Among the Wines and Spirits / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / Elvis Costello / 3:12
Nowhere In No Time / Sea Of Tears / Eilen Jewell / 3:12
In The Middle Of A Heartache / Hard-Headed Woman / Rosie Flores / 2:39
Woman Goin' Crazy On Caroline Street / Havana Daydreamin' / Jimmy Buffett / 4:11
Monday, July 06, 2009
Wilco [the album]

OK, you gotta give Wilco for putting together layers and layers of textured, angsty rock. You gotta give them credit for always looking for some new sorta sound to dig outta their guitars. And usually the songs pay off, at least from a musical interest perspective. But sometimes you just wish they'd cut loose and rock out a little more. Their latest self-named album is a perfect example of this phenomena. But there's several tracks worth cranking up, "Wilco (the song)," "You and I," "You Never Know," and "I'll Fight"
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women

Dave Alvin helped brng back the roots rock sound with simple electric rockabilly arrangements and his tenure as frontman for the Blasters will be legendary. But now assembled an all-female acoustic band that includes Cndy Cashdollar and Nina Gerber on guitars Laurie Lewis on fiddle and mandolin, Sarah Brown on bass and Lisa Pankratz as the rhythm section. His acoustic rework of "Marie Marie" is fantastic. Other highlights include "California Burning," "Boss of the Blues," "River Under The Road," and "Nana and Jimi."
WCOM Play List for July 5, 2009
Hour 1
Down To Memphis / J.J. Cale / Roll On / 3:06
Marie Marie / Dave Alvin / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / 3:29
Jug Hustler Blues / Seth Kaufman / Ting / 2:18
Hurtin' Kind / Stovall / True Story / 3:49
Life is Hard & Love's Unfair / Kieran Ridge Band / Already Gone / 4:17
The Heart Bionic / Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League / The Longest Meow / 3:18
She's A Little Randy / Patterson Hood / Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) / 4:29
Big Booty Woman / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! / 3:06
Games People Play / Bettye LaVette / Do Your Duty / 3:24
Full Time Lover / AZ Kenny Tsak / Like I Do / 5:20
Sweet Bye & Bye / Willie Nelson / The Troublemaker [remaster] / 2:39
Tears Of Rage / The Band / Greatest Hits / 5:21
Weary Owls / Leo Rondeau / Down At The End Of The Bar / 3:29
Arrows Pointing Sideways / Donna The Buffalo / Positive Friction / 3:59
Hour 2
Pick & Roll / The Gourds / Heavy Ornamentals / 4:43
Wilco (the song) / Wilco / Wilco [the album] / 3:00
I'm A Man / Los Lonely Boys / Forgiven / 4:04
On The Bus / Nakia / Water To Wine / 4:19
The Crooked Line / Elvis Costello / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / 3:49
Wandering Boy / Dehlia Low / Tellico / 3:28
Rain Roll In / Eilen Jewell / Sea Of Tears / 2:48
Before The Sun Goes Down / Ian Thomas / Live At The Grey Eagle / 3:25
Black Water / The Doobie Brothers / Greatest Hits / 4:15
Texas River Song / Lyle Lovett / Step Inside This House (Disc 2) / 4:09
I'll Run Your Hurt Away / Ruby Johnson / I'll Run Your Hurt Away / 3:08
Stop The World And Let Me Off / John Doe & The Sadies / Country Club / 3:42
I Can Love You / Choosy Beggars / See The Lovers Right On Time / 2:35
This Dream Of You / Bob Dylan / Together Through Life / 5:54
Sing Along: "Sweet Bye and Bye"
There's a land that is fairer than day,
And by faith we can see it afar;
For the Father waits over the way
To prepare us a dwelling place there.
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
We shall sing on that beautiful shore
The melodious songs of the blessed;
And our spirits shall sorrow no more,
Not a sigh for the blessing of rest.
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
To our bountiful Father above,
We will offer our tribute of praise
For the glorious gift of His love
And the blessings that hallow our days.
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
Tapoot Live Show Monday Night 9-11pm
I'll be hosting the Taproot Radio show live tonight on WCOM from 9-11pm. You can listen in at 103.5FM or via the webcast.
Tonight I'll be featuring new music from Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women and new music from Wilco. Also on tap are Los Lonely Boys, Nakia, Eilen Jewel, Ian Thomas, John Doe and the Sadies and, a blast from the past, The Doobie Brothers! In the second Hour of the show I'll be featuring Black Joe Lewis, Stovall, Bobby Bare Jr., Patterson Hood, Donna The Buffalo, and new music from a North Dakotan singer/songwriter Leo Rondeau.
This week's sing along song is going is the famous gospel number, "In the Sweet Bye and Bye". Anyone who wants to sing along live over the air is welcome to join us at the station. So come on down and feel the power.
So tune in and listen to an under-slept and over-caffeinated Calvin stumble through his talk sets.
There's a land that is fairer than day,
And by faith we can see it afar;
For the Father waits over the way
To prepare us a dwelling place there.
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
We shall sing on that beautiful shore
The melodious songs of the blessed;
And our spirits shall sorrow no more,
Not a sigh for the blessing of rest.
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
To our bountiful Father above,
We will offer our tribute of praise
For the glorious gift of His love
And the blessings that hallow our days.
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore;
In the sweet by and by,
We shall meet on that beautiful shore.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Taproot Radio News #197
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webcast: http://www.live365.com/stations/taprootradio
live: Monday nights at 9pm eastern on WCOM.
Howdy,
Added Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women to rotation this week as well as The Wilco [the album] CD. Still absorbing them. One the one hand Dave Alvin sticks to the tried and true americana sound he helped pioneer and there's nothing wrong with that. On the other hand, Wilco continues down their path to experimental rock and just about losing me along the way. But somehow, I give 'em credit for always trying to do Something New.
Earlier this week, I posted the latest episode of the Taproot Music Feed podcast, featuring interviews with Dehlia Low, Kieran Ridge, and Gina Villalobos. In addition to listening to the podcast on the webside, you can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes and other MP3 players using this feed.
Calvin
This Week's Rotation
Taproot 197 Rotation on iTunes (alphabetical by artist)
Wedding Day / A Man Under The Influence / Alejandro Escovedo / 3:54
Die Die Die / Emotionalism / The Avett Brothers / 2:51
Full Time Lover / Like I Do / AZ Kenny Tsak / 5:20
Tears Of Rage / Greatest Hits / The Band / 5:21
Games People Play / Do Your Duty / Bettye LaVette / 3:24
Big Booty Woman / Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / 3:06
This Dream Of You / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 5:54
The Heart Bionic / The Longest Meow / Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League / 3:18
Get Right Church / The Funk Rehearsals / Choosy Beggars / 2:35
Sweet Hitch-Hiker / Chronicle, Vol. 1 / Creedence Clearwater Revival / 2:55
Marie Marie / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Dave Alvin / 3:29
Wandering Boy / Tellico / Dehlia Low / 3:28
Arrows Pointing Sideways / Positive Friction / Donna The Buffalo / 3:59
Black Water / Greatest Hits / The Doobie Brothers / 4:15
Mississippi Number One / Mississippi Number One / Eden Brent / 3:56
Rain Roll In / Sea Of Tears / Eilen Jewell / 2:48
The Crooked Line / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / Elvis Costello / 3:49
Return To Me / Introducing The Flat Duo Jets / Flat Duo Jets / 2:15
Blue Moon Over Tuscon / Paint The Ponies / Genuine Cowhide / 4:01
Pick & Roll / Heavy Ornamentals / The Gourds / 4:43
Walking On The Devils Backbone / Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South / Ha Ha Tonka / 3:53
Leavin' On My Mind / Music For Ranch & Town / Hacienda Brothers / 3:38
Down The Road Tonight / Little Rock / Hayes Carll / 3:38
Before The Sun Goes Down / Live At The Grey Eagle / Ian Thomas / 3:25
Down To Memphis / Roll On / J.J. Cale / 3:06
Down In A Hole / Sirens Of The Ditch / Jason Isbel / 4:23
Stop The World And Let Me Off / Country Club / John Doe & The Sadies / 3:42
I Cover The Waterfront / Anthology: 50 Years / John Lee Hooker / 4:05
Pucker Up Buttercup / Ultimate Collection / Junior Walker & The All Stars / 3:16
Life is Hard & Love's Unfair / Already Gone / Kieran Ridge Band / 4:17
Weary Owls / Down At The End Of The Bar / Leo Rondeau / 3:29
A Hundred Proof Heartache / Sings LP / Loretta Lynn / 2:27
I'm A Man / Forgiven / Los Lonely Boys / 4:04
Texas River Song / Step Inside This House (Disc 2) / Lyle Lovett / 4:09
San Jose / KGSR Broadcasts Volume 12 / The Mavericks / 3:35
Caroline / Known On The Underground / Mike Reno Harrell / 3:51
On The Bus / Water To Wine / Nakia / 4:19
What More Can I Do? / What Have You Done, My Brother? / Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens / 4:23
City Of The King / Dollars And Dimes / Owen Temple / 4:15
She's A Little Randy / Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) / Patterson Hood / 4:29
Sleepless / Sleepless / Peter Wolf / 4:06
Hover / The Instigator / Rhett Miller / 2:51
Hey You're Gonna Pay / Cowboy's Inn / Riptones / 2:52
I'll Run Your Hurt Away / I'll Run Your Hurt Away / Ruby Johnson / 3:08
Wildside (RADIO EDIT) / Somethings Wrong/Lost Forever Radio Edits / Scott H. Biram / 4:51
Jug Hustler Blues / Ting / Seth Kaufman / 2:18
Get Back My Name / Cuba / The Silos / 3:30
Deja Varoom / Plastic Seat Sweat / Southern Culture On The Skids / 2:27
Hurtin' Kind / True Story / Stovall / 3:49
Wilco (the song) / Wilco [the album] / Wilco / 3:00
Recent Adds
You And I / Wilco [the album] / Wilco / 3:25
You Never Know / Wilco [the album] / Wilco / 4:22
I'll Fight / Wilco [the album] / Wilco / 4:22
Marie Marie / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Dave Alvin / 3:29
California's Burning / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Dave Alvin / 5:06
Boss of the Blues / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Dave Alvin / 4:21
River Under the Road / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Dave Alvin / 3:38
Nana and Jimi / Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women / Dave Alvin / 3:22
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Freeform American Roots Chart for June 2007
1 Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women (Yep Roc)
2 Todd Snider: The Excitement Plan (Yep Roc)
3 Levon Helm: Electric Dirt (Dirt Farmer)
4 Eilen Jewell: Sea Of Tears (Signature Sounds)
5 Leo Rondeau: Down At The End Of The Bar (self)
6 Owen Temple: Dollars And Dimes (El Paisano)
7 Wayne Hancock: Viper Of Melody (Bloodshot)
8 Steve Earle: Townes (New West)
9= Slaid Cleaves: Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away (Music Road)
VA: Man Of Somebody’s Dreams; A Tribute To Chris Gaffney (Yep Roc)
10= Patterson Hood: Murdering Oscar & Other Love Songs (Ruth Street)
Madison Violet: No Fool for Trying (True North)
Monday, June 29, 2009
WCOM Play List for June 29, 2009
Hour 1
Rock Your World / Brian Setzer / 13 [Bonus Track] / 4:50
Judgement Day (RADIO EDIT) / Scott H. Biram / Somethings Wrong/Lost Forever Radio Edits / 2:33
Dirty Angels / Kevn Kinney / Oxford American 2000 / 3:15
Like I Do / AZ Kenny Tsak / Like I Do / 3:56
Down At The End Of The Bar / Leo Rondeau / Down At The End Of The Bar / 3:36
Shakin' All Over / Eilen Jewell / Sea Of Tears / 3:04
Jackson / Mudcat / I'll Be Young Once Too / 5:19
Cold, Cold Heart / Hank Williams / Greatest Hits / 2:54
Good Hearted Woman / Willie Nelson / Willie & Family Live / 2:59
Muddy Bottom / David Childers / Blessed In An Unusual Way / 2:52
Choose Your Poison / Nakia / Water To Wine / 3:59
I Can Love You / Choosy Beggars / See The Lovers Right On Time / 2:35
I’m In Love / Bettye LaVette / Do Your Duty / 3:15
Let's Go Out Tonight / John Lee Hooker / Anthology: 50 Years / 6:52
Hour 2
Sulphur to Sugarcane / Elvis Costello / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / 6:00
Empty Bottle / Stovall / True Story / 3:21
Pollyanna / Patterson Hood / Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) / 4:37
Roll On / J.J. Cale / Roll On / 4:44
Up On High / The Gourds / Ghosts Of Hallelujah / 2:36
Taper Jean Girl / Kings Of Leon / Aha Shake Heartbreak / 3:05
Close Every Valve of Your Bleeding Heart / Ha Ha Tonka / Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South / 3:13
Shake Shake Mama / Bob Dylan / Together Through Life / 3:37
Blue Moon Over Tuscon / Genuine Cowhide / Paint The Ponies / 4:01
Lord Won't You Help Me / Dehlia Low / Tellico / 2:49
Lift Me Up / Big John Hamilton / How Much Can A Man Take / 3:26
Poor Boy Rag / Ian Thomas / Live At The Grey Eagle / 5:14
Blaksnak Bite / C. C. Adcock / Lafayette Marquis / 4:55
Sing Along: "Cold Cold Heart" by Hank Williams
I tried so hard my dear to show that youre my every dream.
Yet youre afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why cant I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didnt do
In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why cant I free your doubtful mind,and melt your cold cold heart
Youll never know how much it hurts to see you sat and cry
You know you need and want my love yet youre afraid to try
Why do you run and hide from lies,to try it just aint smart
Why cant I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you,the more we drift apart
Why cant I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Taproot Music Feed #3 - Dehlia Low, Kieran Ridge Band, Gina Villalobos
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
Taproot Radio News #196
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Howdy,
Patterson Hood has a solo CD out called Murdering Oscar. If I had to sum it up, I'd say "more angst, less rock" than DBTs. But that's not a bad thing. If you're into the southern gothic vibe as much as I am, you'll dig Murdering Oscar.
Got a great CD in the mail this week from Atlanta-based Stovall. Good old fshioned country rock from with some excellent sogwriting. I am hoping to feature them on an upcoming episode of the Taproot Music Feed podcast. Also got a CD from an impressive singer/songwriter from North Dakota, Leo Rondeau. The title track from his "Down At The End Of The Bar" goes way beyond honky tonk into some realer-than-life realm. ALso got some buzzy electric blues from AZ Kenny Tsak and a lonesome cowboy CD from Genuine Cowhide.
Don't forget the weekly sing along feature of the Taproot Radio live show on WCOM. This week we'll be singing along to "Cold Cold Heart". Join us on the air and sing along! You'll like it. I promise.
Calvin
This Week's Rotation
Taproot Rotation #196 on iTunes Like I Do / AZ Kenny Tsak / Like I Do / 3:56
Where Could I Go / Ben Harper & The Blind Boys Of Alabama / There Will Be A Light / 4:10
I’m In Love / Bettye LaVette / Do Your Duty / 3:15
Lift Me Up / Big John Hamilton / How Much Can A Man Take / 3:26
Shake Shake Mama / Bob Dylan / Together Through Life / 3:37
Rock Your World / Brian Setzer / 13 [Bonus Track] / 4:50
Blaksnak Bite / C. C. Adcock / Lafayette Marquis / 4:55
I Can Love You / Choosy Beggars / See The Lovers Right On Time / 2:35
Every Night About This Time / Dave Alvin / King of California / 4:25
Muddy Bottom / David Childers / Blessed In An Unusual Way / 2:52
Lord Won't You Help Me / Dehlia Low / Tellico / 2:49
Shakin' All Over / Eilen Jewell / Sea Of Tears / 3:04
Sulphur to Sugarcane / Elvis Costello / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / 6:00
Drunken Lullabies / Flogging Molly / Drunken Lullabies / 3:51
Drift Away / Flounders Without Eyes / What's The Rush / 3:45
Blue Moon Over Tuscon / Genuine Cowhide / Paint The Ponies / 4:01
Elvis Presley Blues / Gillian Welch / KGSR Broadcasts Volume 12 / 4:51
Take A Beating / Gina Villalobos / Days On Their Side / 4:15
Up On High / The Gourds / Ghosts Of Hallelujah / 2:36
Close Every Valve of Your Bleeding Heart / Ha Ha Tonka / Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South / 3:13
Poor Boy Rag / Ian Thomas / Live At The Grey Eagle / 5:14
Roll On / J.J. Cale / Roll On / 4:44
Help Me Make It Through The Night / John Doe & The Sadies / Country Club / 3:37
Let's Go Out Tonight / John Lee Hooker / Anthology: 50 Years / 6:52
Dirty Angels / Kevn Kinney / Oxford American 2000 / 3:15
Blinded By THe Sight Of You / Kieran Ridge Band / Already Gone / 3:45
Taper Jean Girl / Kings Of Leon / Aha Shake Heartbreak / 3:05
Down At The End Of The Bar / Leo Rondeau / Down At The End Of The Bar / 3:36
Trouble On The Line / Loretta Lynn / Van Lear Rose / 2:21
Words Fell / Lucinda Williams / Live @ The Fillmore [Disc 2] / 4:34
Little Princess / Michael Stollaire / Holy Avenger / 3:35
Jackson / Mudcat / I'll Be Young Once Too / 5:19
Nothing Between / The Mystix / Down To The Shore / 3:41
Choose Your Poison / Nakia / Water To Wine / 3:59
Trouble In My Way / Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens / What Have You Done, My Brother? / 2:54
Itch / New Town Drunks / The Ballad Of Stayed And Gone / 4:26
Pollyanna / Patterson Hood / Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) / 4:37
The Last / Ronnie Fauss / New Songs For The Old Frontier / 4:25
Magnolia Mountain / Ryan Adams & The Cardinals / Cold Roses / 5:53
Judgement Day (RADIO EDIT) / Scott H. Biram / Somethings Wrong/Lost Forever Radio Edits / 2:33
Sometimes / Son Volt / Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo / 5:39
Empty Bottle / Stovall / True Story / 3:21
Pinetree Boogie / Th' Legendary Shack Shakers / Cockadoodledon't / 2:58
Hate It Here / Wilco / Sky Blue Sky / 4:34
Good Hearted Woman / Willie Nelson / Willie & Family Live / 2:59
Recent Adds
Rapture / Down At The End Of The Bar / Leo Rondeau / 4:26
Weary Owls / Down At The End Of The Bar / Leo Rondeau / 3:29
Blue Moon Over Tuscon / Paint The Ponies / Genuine Cowhide / 4:01
Empty Bottle / True Story / Stovall / 3:21
Hurtin' Kind / True Story / Stovall / 3:49
Champagne / True Story / Stovall / 2:55
Stray Dog / True Story / Stovall / 3:15
Like I Do / Like I Do / AZ Kenny Tsak / 3:56
Full Time Lover / Like I Do / AZ Kenny Tsak / 5:20
I Just Wanna Make Love To You / Like I Do / AZ Kenny Tsak / 5:21
Pollyanna / Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) / Patterson Hood / 4:37
She's A Little Randy / Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) / Patterson Hood / 4:29
Foolish Young Bastard / Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) / Patterson Hood / 2:32
Monday, June 22, 2009
WCOM Play List for June 22, 2009
Hour 1
Aftermath USA / Drive-By Truckers / A Blessing And A Curse / 3:16
Sugarfoot / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! / 3:18
In The Midnight Hour / The Chambers Brothers / The Time Has Come (Remastered) / 5:33
Nothing Between / The Mystix / Down To The Shore / 3:41
Still Drunk, Still Crazy & Still Blue / Scott H. Biram / Somethings Wrong/Lost Forever / 2:57
Shout, Sister, Shout / Sister Rosetta Tharpe / The Gospel Of The Blues / 2:42
Jolene / Bob Dylan / Together Through Life / 3:51
Oh Mary / J.J. Cale / Roll On / 3:35
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) / Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / Raising Sand / 3:34
It'll Be Me (with Dave Alvin) / Wanda Jackson / Heart Trouble / 2:47
Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down / Jim Livermore / Coming Home / 2:38
When You're Gone / Kieran Ridge Band / Already Gone / 3:27
Bouquet Of Roses / Bobby Womack / Dirty Laundry - The Soul Of Black Country / 2:47
Before I Wake / John Doe & The Sadies / Country Club / 2:32
Before The Revolution / Tim Easton / Ammunition / 2:40
Walking On The Devils Backbone / Ha Ha Tonka / Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South / 3:53
Hour 2
Dry River / Knitters / The Modern Sounds of ... The Knitters / 3:23
Really Rockabilly / Brian Setzer / 13 [Bonus Track] / 3:10
We Got To Slip Around / Bettye LaVette / Do Your Duty / 3:02
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer / John Lee Hooker / Anthology: 50 Years / 3:01
Complicated Shadows / Elvis Costello / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / 2:53
What Have You Done / Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens / What Have You Done, My Brother? / 3:46
Sea Of Tears / Eilen Jewell / Sea Of Tears / 2:46
Take Me Back / Dehlia Low / Tellico / 3:39
Nobody's Girl / Bonnie Raitt / Nick Of Time / 3:15
Itch / New Town Drunks / The Ballad Of Stayed And Gone / 4:26
Trampled By The Sun / The Gourds / Shinebox / 1:51
New Madrid / Uncle Tupelo / Anodyne / 3:32
Before The Revolution / Tim Easton / Ammunition / 2:40
All Over You / Nakia / Water To Wine / 3:47
Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues / Ryan Adams / Gold / 6:09
Tonight's Sing Along: Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
Each night I leave the bar room when it's over
Not feeling any pain at closing time
But tonight your memory found me much too sober
Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind
Tonight the bottle let me down
And let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down
I've always had a bottle I could turn to
And lately I've been turnin' every day
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to
And I'm hurtin' in an old familiar way
Tonight the bottle let me down
and let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down
Tonight the bottle let me down
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Taproot Radio News #195
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webcast: http://www.live365.com/stations/taprootradio
live: Monday nights at 9pm eastern on WCOM.
Howdy,
The Elvis Costello show in Cary last week was lots of fun. Was good to see Jim Lauderdale on stage and I enjoyed seeing Elvis cover "The Bottle Let Me Down" and "Friend of the Devil," not to mention string band versions of hist like "Red Shoes," and "Peace Love and Understanding." I've posted a video of his Cary show on the web site.
I've started a new feature on the weekly live show at WCOM. The weekly sing-along. Each week I'll be featuring one song on the air specifically designed to be sung to. I and my guests in the studio will be singing along to the song on the air and the lyrics will be posted on the web site before the show so you can sing along from home. Inspired by the Elvis Cotello show, this week's sing along song will be Merle Haggards' "The Bottle Let Me Down." So tune in and sing with us. You know you want to!!!
Calvin
This Week's Rotation
Taproot Rotation 195 on iTunes (alphabvetically by artist)
We Got To Slip Around / Bettye LaVette / Do Your Duty / 3:02
Sugarfoot / Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears / Tell 'Em What Your Name Is! / 3:18
Jolene / Bob Dylan / Together Through Life / 3:51
Bouquet Of Roses / Bobby Womack / Dirty Laundry - The Soul Of Black Country / 2:47
Nobody's Girl / Bonnie Raitt / Nick Of Time / 3:15
Really Rockabilly / Brian Setzer / 13 [Bonus Track] / 3:10
In The Midnight Hour / The Chambers Brothers / The Time Has Come (Remastered) / 5:33
6 Miles To McKenny / Claire Holley / Dandelion / 3:31
Mining for Gold / Cowboy Junkies / The Trinity Session / 1:31
Bootleg / Creedence Clearwater Revival / Bayou Country / 3:02
Ghost / Damion Suomi / Damion Suomi / 4:25
Take Me Back / Dehlia Low / Tellico / 3:39
Iron Out The Rough Spots / Don Covay / Mercy/See-Saw / 2:57
Aftermath USA / Drive-By Truckers / A Blessing And A Curse / 3:16
The Tough Sell / Drive-By Truckers / Gangstabilly / 3:42
Sea Of Tears / Eilen Jewell / Sea Of Tears / 2:46
Complicated Shadows / Elvis Costello / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / 2:53
The Bad Guy / Flounders Without Eyes / What's The Rush / 3:36
Hills of Carolina / Flounders Without Eyes / What's The Rush / 3:59
Days On Their Side / Gina Villalobos / Days On Their Side / 4:05
Sweet Li'L / The Gourds / Dem's Good Beeble / 2:47
Trampled By The Sun / The Gourds / Shinebox / 1:51
Walking On The Devils Backbone / Ha Ha Tonka / Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South / 3:53
Before The Sun Goes Down / Ian Thomas / Live At The Grey Eagle / 3:25
Oh Mary / J.J. Cale / Roll On / 3:35
Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down / Jim Livermore / Coming Home / 2:38
Chokin' Kind / Joe Simon / Dirty Laundry - The Soul Of Black Country / 2:40
Before I Wake / John Doe & The Sadies / Country Club / 2:32
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer / John Lee Hooker / Anthology: 50 Years / 3:01
When You're Gone / Kieran Ridge Band / Already Gone / 3:27
Dry River / Knitters / The Modern Sounds of ... The Knitters / 3:23
I've Got A New Heartache / Li'l Mo & The Monicats / On The Moon / 2:42
I Know You Know / Lyle Lovett / Lyle Lovett and his Large Band / 3:59
Good Advice / McHouston Baker / Mississippi Delta Dues / 3:06
Nothing Between / The Mystix / Down To The Shore / 3:41
All Over You / Nakia / Water To Wine / 3:47
What Have You Done / Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens / What Have You Done, My Brother? / 3:46
Itch / New Town Drunks / The Ballad Of Stayed And Gone / 4:26
Broken Heart Land / Owen Temple / Dollars And Dimes / 3:32
The Criminal Inside Me / R.L. Burnside / A Ass Pocket Of Wiskey / 5:53
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) / Robert Plant & Alison Krauss / Raising Sand / 3:34
Tina Toledo's Street Walkin' Blues / Ryan Adams / Gold / 6:09
Still Drunk, Still Crazy & Still Blue / Scott H. Biram / Somethings Wrong/Lost Forever / 2:57
The hurtin' side / Shelby Lynne / Definitive Collection / 2:30
Shout, Sister, Shout / Sister Rosetta Tharpe / The Gospel Of The Blues / 2:42
The Struggle / Stone River Boys / Stone River Boys / 4:26
Before The Revolution / Tim Easton / Ammunition / 2:40
Were You Pushed (Or Did You Fall) / Two Dollar Pistols / Here Tomorrow Gone Today / 2:48
New Madrid / Uncle Tupelo / Anodyne / 3:32
It'll Be Me (with Dave Alvin) / Wanda Jackson / Heart Trouble / 2:47
Recent Adds
City Of The King / Owen Temple / Dollars And Dimes / 4:15
Memphis / Owen Temple / Dollars And Dimes / 3:10
Little Princess / Michael Stollaire / Holy Avenger / 3:35
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South by Ha Ha Tonka

Where Bloodshot Records digs up these bands, I'll never know. But Ha Ha Tonka sounds a lot like Kings of Leon, which is to say visionary, gritty, and bad-ass all at once. The top tracks are:
Walking On The Devils Backbone / Ha Ha Tonka / Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South / 3:53
Close Every Valve of Your Bleeding Heart / Ha Ha Tonka / Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South / 3:13
Secret, Profane, and Sugarcane by Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello's CD, Secret, Profane, and Sugarcane, has been widely promoted as his "country" CD. But as with all things Elvis Costello, the truth is somewhat more compliacted. When you look at the instrumentation, including accordion, upright base, fiddle, dobro, etc. It's easy to think country music, or perhaps more accurately, roots music. But it often sounds more like bluegrass than anything. But for most people, the distinction isn't very iportant. It sounds twangy. Several of the songs are previous works done on commission for an opera about Hans Christian Anderson. That's not as out in laft field as it might first sound. because the story line is about how Anderson was obsessed with an opera singer who toured the United States during the Civil War. So the songs are rooted in the era and rooted in the music style of the era. The rest of the songs, including one written with Loretta Lynn, sound a little more like roots music. But Elvis Costello never turns loose and writes a simple honky tonk ballad. He still has to write his incredibly complicated lyrics and herky-jerky usical lines. So in the end, the songs sound more like Elvis Costello rock songs adapted for a old-time string band. But ya know what? That's not a bad thing. Notable tracks include:
Down Among the Wines and Spirits / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane / Elvis Costello / 3:12
Complicated Shadows / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane / Elvis Costello / 2:53
Sulphur to Sugarcane / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane / Elvis Costello / 6:00
The Crooked Line / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane / Elvis Costello / 3:49
Together Through Life by Bob Dylan

On his latest CD, Together Through Life, Bob Dylan tries to go lo-fi. If you look clodely at the CD case, it looks almost, but not quite self-produced. The case looks like the type of cases you buy at staples for data CDs. It has the black plastic ridge down the side. On the inside, the CD sits on a simple black pastic tray. The liner notes are minimal. And from a music perspecitive, Dylan seems to be going for a lo-fi approach as well. Most of the songs feel like blues numbers that are approximately a 1000 years old, performed by a bunch of guys that are almost that old themselves. The stroll through these numbers with an easy going grace. Dylan's vocals are, well, the usual. obtuse, hard to hear, secondary almost to the music lines. But the lo-fi facade can't hide the fact that these musicians know what they're doing and every track is a good listen. Highlights for me are:
Beyond Here Lies Nothin' / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 3:51
Jolene / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 3:51
This Dream Of You / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 5:54
Shake Shake Mama / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 3:37
What Have You Done, My Brother by Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens

I have no idea what's going on in the modern day gospel scene. I don't even know if there _is_ a modern day gospel scene. So I ave no idea if Naomi Shelton's CD, What Have You Done, My Brother, is in line with the times, a throw back to yesteryear, or something brand new. But I'll say this, Naomi Shelton's CD, What Have You Done, My Brother, is the gospel CD everyone dreams of. Full of passion, full of devotion, full of funk, full of soul. I suspect for many people out there, this might be their first gospel CD purchase and it will be one they won't ever regret.
Monday, June 15, 2009
WCOM Play List for June 15, 2009
Down Among the Wines and Spirits / Elvis Costello / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / 3:12
Wandering Boy / Dehlia Low / Tellico / 3:28
When It's Good (feat. Leann Rimes) / Marc Broussard / Keep Coming Back / 4:12
Wang Dang Doodle / Koko Taylor / Essential Blues 2 (Disc 2) / 4:55
Nowhere In No Time / Eilen Jewell / Sea Of Tears / 3:12
What Is This / Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens / What Have You Done, My Brother? / 3:13
Double Line / Heavy Trash / Going Way Out / 3:03
The Things You Said / Kieran Ridge Band / Already Gone / 4:09
The Night Life / John Doe & The Sadies / Country Club / 3:47
Don't Need You / Cowboy Junkies / Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo / 4:24
There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears / Mary Flower / Bridges / 2:29
Good Deal Lucille / The Mystix / Down To The Shore / 3:36
The Wrong Side / Mofro / Lochloosa / 5:11
Hour 2
Not Scared / Pieta Brown / Remember The Sun / 2:29
Changed The Locks / Lucinda Williams / Live @ The Fillmore [Disc 1] / 4:08
Long Distance Man / Ted Russell Kamp / Poor Man's Paradise / 3:35
I feel so good (RADIO EDIT) / Scott H. Biram / Somethings Wrong/Lost Forever Radio Edits / 3:02
Nearer To You / Bettye LaVette / Do Your Duty / 3:13
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) / Junior Walker & The All Stars / Ultimate Collection / 3:02
Beyond Here Lies Nothin' / Bob Dylan / Together Through Life / 3:51
I'll Fly Away / Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / 3:58
Sometimes Mariana / New Town Drunks / The Ballad Of Stayed And Gone / 3:54
40 Acres / Stone River Boys / Stone River Boys / 3:16
Immune / Gina Villalobos / Days On Their Side / 4:13
Pawn Shop Ain't No Place for a Wedding / Whiskeytown / Rural Free Delivery / 4:33
Train Song / Bourgeois Gypsies / Faulty Fairytales / 3:44
Easy Plateau / Ryan Adams & The Cardinals / Cold Roses / 5:12
Taproot Radio Rotation #194 on iTunes
I'll Fly Away
Some glad morning when this life is o'er,
I'll fly away;
To a home on God's celestial shore,
I'll fly away (I'll fly away).
[Chorus]
I'll fly away, Oh Glory
I'll fly away; (in the morning)
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,
I'll fly away (I'll fly away).
When the shadows of this life have gone,
I'll fly away;
Like a bird from prison bars has flown,
I'll fly away (I'll fly away)
[Chorus]
I'll fly away, Oh Glory
I'll fly away; (in the morning)
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,
I'll fly away (I'll fly away).
Just a few more weary days and then,
I'll fly away;
To a land where joy shall never end,
I'll fly away (I'll fly away)
[Chorus]
I'll fly away, Oh Glory
I'll fly away; (in the morning)
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,
I'll fly away (I'll fly away).
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Taproot Radio News #194
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Howdy,
A couple of big name additions this week. First, Elvis Costello's country CD, Secret, Profane, and Sugarcane
The other big name release recently is Bob Dylan's Together Through Life
Calvin
This Week's Rotation
Taproot Radio Rotation #194 on iTunes I'll Fly Away / Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch / O Brother, Where Art Thou? / 3:58
It Ain't Working / Arty Hill & The Long Gone Daddys / Back On The Rail / 3:14
Nearer To You / Bettye LaVette / Do Your Duty / 3:13
Beyond Here Lies Nothin' / Bob Dylan / Together Through Life / 3:51
Train Song / Bourgeois Gypsies / Faulty Fairytales / 3:44
Great Big Love / Bruce Cockburn / Nothing But A Burning Light / 5:13
Missin' You / Half Price / Choosy Beggars / Choosy Beggars / 2:25
Don't Need You / Cowboy Junkies / Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo / 4:24
Archer Women / Damion Suomi / Damion Suomi / 3:44
Wandering Boy / Dehlia Low / Tellico / 3:28
Nowhere In No Time / Eilen Jewell / Sea Of Tears / 3:12
Down Among the Wines and Spirits / Elvis Costello / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / 3:12
Dough Roller Blues / Garfield Akers / When The Levee Breaks (Disc B) / 3:11
Immune / Gina Villalobos / Days On Their Side / 4:13
Mpls / Grandpaboy / Dead Man Shake / 3:54
Analog Girl / Guy Clark / Workbench Songs / 3:35
Close Every Valve of Your Bleeding Heart / Ha Ha Tonka / Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South / 3:13
Double Line / Heavy Trash / Going Way Out / 3:03
Poor Boy Rag / Ian Thomas / Live At The Grey Eagle / 5:14
I Still Miss Someone / The International Submarine Band / Safe At Home / 2:47
See Him On The Street / The Jayhawks / Tomorrow The Green Grass / 3:09
The Night Life / John Doe & The Sadies / Country Club / 3:47
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) / Junior Walker & The All Stars / Ultimate Collection / 3:02
Shoot Your Shot / Junior Walker & The All Stars / Ultimate Collection / 3:01
Big City Blues / Keith Gattis / Big City Blues / 3:42
The Things You Said / Kieran Ridge Band / Already Gone / 4:09
Wang Dang Doodle / Koko Taylor / Essential Blues 2 (Disc 2) / 4:55
Patience / Leaving, TX / Late Gettin' Started / 3:26
Changed The Locks / Lucinda Williams / Live @ The Fillmore [Disc 1] / 4:08
When It's Good (feat. Leann Rimes) / Marc Broussard / Keep Coming Back / 4:12
There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears / Mary Flower / Bridges / 2:29
The Wrong Side / Mofro / Lochloosa / 5:11
Liquor And Sin / Mudcat / I'll Be Young Once Too / 2:24
Good Deal Lucille / The Mystix / Down To The Shore / 3:36
Water To Wine / Nakia / Water To Wine / 4:21
What Is This / Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens / What Have You Done, My Brother? / 3:13
Comes A Time / Neil Young / Neil Young Greatest Hits / 3:08
Sometimes Mariana / New Town Drunks / The Ballad Of Stayed And Gone / 3:54
Not Scared / Pieta Brown / Remember The Sun / 2:29
Soul Food / Pure Grain / Out Of The Storm / 4:41
Haunting Me / Raul Malo / Lucky One / 4:18
Break It Down Baby / Robin Elia / This Is Americana Volume 2 / 3:30
The Obscenity Prayer (Give It To Me) / Rodney Crowell / The Outsider / 3:54
Easy Plateau / Ryan Adams & The Cardinals / Cold Roses / 5:12
Police On My Back / Sam Baylor / Life On Trouble Street / 2:39
I feel so good (RADIO EDIT) / Scott H. Biram / Somethings Wrong/Lost Forever Radio Edits / 3:02
Hickory Wind / Sleepless Nights / Sleepless Nights Rehersal Recordings / 3:47
40 Acres / Stone River Boys / Stone River Boys / 3:16
Long Distance Man / Ted Russell Kamp / Poor Man's Paradise / 3:35
Pawn Shop Ain't No Place for a Wedding / Whiskeytown / Rural Free Delivery / 4:33
Recent Adds
Broken Heart Land / Owen Temple / Dollars And Dimes / 3:32
City Of The King / Owen Temple / Dollars And Dimes / 4:15
Memphis / Owen Temple / Dollars And Dimes / 3:10
Down Among the Wines and Spirits / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane / Elvis Costello / 3:12
Complicated Shadows / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane / Elvis Costello / 2:53
Sulphur to Sugarcane / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane / Elvis Costello / 6:00
The Crooked Line / Secret, Profane and Sugarcane / Elvis Costello / 3:49
Beyond Here Lies Nothin' / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 3:51
Jolene / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 3:51
This Dream Of You / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 5:54
Shake Shake Mama / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 3:37
